• froztbyte@awful.systems
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      9 hours ago

      “coprocessors, but matrix-math specific”

      the various *PUs are “things that help a lot of ML models run faster” sidecar chipset designs

      it’s actually kinda hard to get concrete details, afaict. I’ve had a bit of a look around for silicon teardowns and shit, and haven’t really found any good ones yet

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        9 hours ago

        I bet they’re not even special, just normal computers with some low-power AI soft and a chunky price tag to match the hardware they totally sport.

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          nah, there’s definitely an actual something there - there’s concrete actual physical extra silicon, with a design and a (marketing?) purpose